Who was the first to introduce the innovation of the Prophet's birthday?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you, who was the first to introduce
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you, who was the first to introduce this innovation, the innovation of the Mawlid? What are their justifications? How did it come about?
The Shaykh : Yes, the first to introduce it were the Fatimids in Egypt in the fourth century of the Hijri calendar. In the seventh century, the king of Irbil in Iraq introduced it. Then it spread among the Muslims. As Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said in *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim*, the cause of it is either love for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), where they thought this was a requirement of love, or imitation of the Christians, because the Christians celebrate a festival for the birth of Jesus (peace be upon him). Whatever the cause, every religious innovation is misguidance. Yes.
The Shaykh : Do you have anything, you? No...
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you, who was the first to introduce this innovation, the innovation of the Mawlid? What are their justifications? How did it come about?
The Shaykh : Yes, the first to introduce it were the Fatimids in Egypt in the fourth century of the Hijri calendar. In the seventh century, the king of Irbil in Iraq introduced it. Then it spread among the Muslims. As Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said in *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim*, the cause of it is either love for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), where they thought this was a requirement of love, or imitation of the Christians, because the Christians celebrate a festival for the birth of Jesus (peace be upon him). Whatever the cause, every religious innovation is misguidance. Yes.